Title: Wisconsin. Adjutant General's Office: Racine, Wisconsin, Draftee Photographs
Inclusive Dates: 1917-1918

Creators:

• Wisconsin. Adjutant General's Office
• United States. Selective Service System. Local Board No. 1 (Racine, Wis.)
• United States. Selective Service System. Local Board No. 2 (Racine, Wis.)

Call Number: PH 290

Quantity: 49 photographs (1 archives box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Group photographs of men drafted for World War I military service from Racine, Wisconsin, by Local Boards 1 and 2, 1917-1918. The photographs, made prior to the draftees leaving for training, show the men in civilian dress and include the training center destinations for each group. Includes two groups of African-American men before departing.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph00290

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See the Agency History in the catalog.

The collection is arranged by the local draft board and then chronologically.

There is related photographic material:

• Pierce County, Wisconsin, Draftee Photographs (PH 613)
• Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, Draftee Photographs (PH 3486)

There is a related public records series:

• Wisconsin. Adjutant General's Office: Draft Records (Series 1569)

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Wisconsin Adjutant General's Office, 1922.

Processing Information

Processed by David Benjamin, 1996.

PH 290	Series: Local Board for Division No. 1, Racine, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   1	Camp Custer, 1917 November 18
Box   1 Folder   2	First quota, second draft, 1918 April 2
Box   1 Folder   3a	Contingent for Camp Grant, 1918 May 27
Box   1 Folder   3b	Final quota, first draft ready to leave for camp, 1918 March 29
Box   1 Folder   4	Ready to depart for Fort Riley, Kansas, 1918 June 29
Box   1 Folder   5	Leaving for Columbus Barracks, 1918 July 6
Box   1 Folder   6	Ready to depart for Columbus Barracks, Ohio, 1918 July 16
Box   1 Folder   7	Draft for Lewis Institute, Chicago and Valparaiso, Indiana, 1918 July 15
Box   1 Folder   8	Leaving for Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, 1918 July 24
Box   1 Folder   9	Ready to depart for Syracuse, New York, 1918 August 1
Box   1 Folder   10	Ready to depart for Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918 August 2
Box   1 Folder   11	Departing for Camp Custer, 1918 August 3 Note: Image of a group of African American men.
Box   1 Folder   12	For Camp Shelby, 1918 August 8
Box   1 Folder   13	For Jefferson Barracks, 1918 August 9
Box   1 Folder   14	Ready to depart for Kansas City, Missouri; Madison, Wisconsin; and other points for mechanical instruction, 1918 August 14-15
Box   1 Folder   15	Draft for Camp Sherman, Ohio, 1918 August 20
Box   1 Folder   16	Draft for Camp Dodge, Iowa, 1918 August 30
Box   1 Folder   17	Draft for Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, 1918 September 3
Box   1 Folder   18	Draft for Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, 1918 September 5
Box   1 Folder   19	Draft for Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, 1918 September 5
Box   1 Folder   20	Camp Custer, Michigan, 1918 September 21
Box   1 Folder   21	Fort Jefferson Barracks, 1918 October 1
Box   1 Folder   22	For Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1918 October 21
Box   1 Folder   23	For Jackson Barracks, Louisiana, 1918 October 22
Box   1 Folder   24	For Camp Logan, Texas, 1918 November 11 Note: On arrival at Chicago, sent back to Racine on telegraphic orders. Armistice signed.
	Series: Local Board for Division No. 2, Racine, Wisconsin	⇧
Box   1 Folder   25	First group entrained for Camp Custer, 1917
Box   1 Folder   26	Entrained for Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1917 November 18
Box   1 Folder   27	Contingent of registrants inducted into service and entrained for Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1917 November 18
Box   1 Folder   28	Registrants inducted and entrained for Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1918 March 29
Box   1 Folder   29	Contingent for Camp Grant, 1918 May 27
Box   1 Folder   30	Ready to depart for Fort Riley, Kansas, 1918 June 29
Box   1 Folder   31	Leaving for Columbus Barracks, 1918 July 6
Box   1 Folder   32	Draft for Lewis Institute, Chicago and Valparaiso, Indiana, 1918 July 15
Box   1 Folder   33	Ready to depart for Columbus Barracks, Ohio, 1918 July 16
Box   1 Folder   34	Leaving for Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, 1918 July 24
Box   1 Folder   35	Ready to depart for Syracuse, New York, 1918 August 1
Box   1 Folder   36	Ready to depart for Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918 August 2
Box   1 Folder   37	Departing for Camp Custer, 1918 August 3 Note: Image of two African-American men.
Box   1 Folder   38	For Camp Shelby, 1918 August 8
Box   1 Folder   39	For Jefferson Barracks, 1918 August 9
Box   1 Folder   40	For Madison, Wisconsin, 1918 August 15
Box   1 Folder   41	Draft for Sherman, Ohio, 1918 August 26
Box   1 Folder   42	Draft for Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, 1918 August 30
Box   1 Folder   43	Draft for Greenleaf, Georgia, 1918 September 3
Box   1 Folder   44	Draft for Camp Grant, 1918 September 5
Box   1 Folder   45	Draft for Camp Grant, 1918 September 7
Box   1 Folder   46	Draft for Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1918 October 21
Box   1 Folder   47	Draft for Jackson Barracks, Louisiana, 1918 October 22
Box   1 Folder   48	Draft for Camp Logan, Texas, 1918 November 11
Box   1 Folder   49	Draft for Camp Wadsworth, 1918 November 12